ISLAMABAD (Kashmir English): The National Institute of Health (NIH) has confirmed two new cases of poliovirus from Sindh’s Badin and Thatta districts, with both patients being young girls. With the fresh cases, Pakistan’s total polio count in the ongoing year reaches to 29, the state-run Associated Press of Pakistan reported. According to the NIH, […]
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ISLAMABAD (Kashmir English): Pakistan is likely to have below-average winter rain after record monsoon this year. Pakistan experienced one of its heaviest monsoon seasons in decades, with rainfall causing widespread flooding across the country. But in contrast to the wet summer, the Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD) has warned that this winter may bring less
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ISLAMABAD (Kashmir English): Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Monday welcomed United States President Donald Trump’s 20-point plan to end the conflict in Gaza. “I am convinced that durable peace between the Palestinian people and Israel would be essential in bringing political stability and economic growth to the region,” the PM wrote in a post on
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ISLAMABAD (Kashmir English): Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) Chairman and Chief of the Asian Cricket Council (ACC) Mohsin Naqvi has vehemently criticized Indian PM Modi for “dragging war into sport”, asserting that such statements cheapen the sporting spirit. Lashing out at the Indian Prime Minister Modi, Naqvi, who is the nation’s interior minister, said history has
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ISLAMABAD (Kashmir English): The federal government has announced a big relief for registered pilgrims who, due to compelling circumstances, are unable to perform Hajj. The Ministry of Religious Affairs issued a policy regarding those who are severely ill or deceased, under which any other relative of that person will be eligible to perform Hajj
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ISLAMABAD (Kashmir English): The Ministry of Food Security has released a report on the damage caused to agriculture by the recent floods. Crops were destroyed on 2.4 million hectares in Punjab, while overall cotton was damaged by 5.2 percent and the sugarcane crop by 13 percent. According to the document, the standing sugarcane crop was
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ISLAMABAD (Kashmir English): The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has removed the “estimated fair market value” column from the 2025 tax return form following directions from Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif to ease the filing process. The prime minister had formed a committee led by Federal Law Minister Senator Azam Nazeer Tarar to review the
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ISLAMABAD (Kashmir English): Pakistan has decided to shut 16 Afghan refugee camps in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (KP), Balochistan, and Punjab as the refugees’ repatriation continues, local media reported. Repatriation of Afghan refugees The federal government had, last month, informed the provinces that the formal repatriation and deportation of over 1.3 million Afghan refugees holding Proof of
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NEW YORK (Kashmir English): Pakistan’s UN diplomat Saima Saleem said that the real cause of instability in the region is India, which is promoting cross-border violence. She said that the New Delhi government is spreading terror and unrest in the region through proxy groups. At the same time, minorities in India are facing systematic oppression
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ISLAMABAD (Kashmir English): China has announced an additional package worth 100 million yuan in flood relief supplies to further support Pakistan’s ongoing efforts in disaster relief and post-flood reconstruction. In a statement posted on X, the Chinese Embassy in Islamabad said that this assistance is in addition to the earlier $2 million in emergency aid
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